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William Hague, a former Foreign Secretary and one-time leader of the Conservative Party, is an excellent speaker. He first spoke at a Tory Conference when he was 16! His speaking tips are always worth hearing. Three we particularly liked are: People decide whether to listen or tune out at the start. What goes into […]

Don’t self censure your presentations because you think you may be telling your audience something they may not like. We can learn a lot from the people who make a living from stand-up comedy – find out how.

What’s your culture? An anthropologist is visiting the Ubuntu tribe in Africa and suggests a game to the children. He places a basket of sweets near a tree and makes the children stand some 100 metres away. He then announces that whoever reaches the tree first would get all the sweets in the basket. Then […]

If you want to get your audience’s attention learn to Headline. It’s no different from the way an Editor approaches their newspaper. Every article demands a headline that will grab attention but at the same time says something about what is to follow in the article. So employ the same tactic when you speak. What […]